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At The Impact Seat Foundation, we believe in demystifying the entrepreneurship journey to democratize access to capital. We are creating an open, honest, and equitable ecosystem that is accessible to all.
We believe innovation is universal — it knows no demographic, region, gender nor ethnicity. The Impact Seat is proud to provide more tools to ensure the blossoming of innovation in every corner of our world.
“We can build a new economy that solves the world’s biggest challenges if we are willing to share our knowledge with each other.”
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Founders First CDC’s Kitty Fund
The Kitty Fund makes small micro investments in Moms who are running employer-based small businesses with two or more employees.
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Author Hour: Build Your Board, Build Your Business
Our Founder & Board Chair ,Barbara Clarke, stopped by the Author Hour podcast to discuss her new book "Build Your Board, Build Your Business".
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A New Approach: Full Stack Philanthropy Aligned at Every Level
What does impact investing + grantmaking + advocacy equal? That’s Full Stack Philanthropy.
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[MarketWatch] The Great Resignation Might Not Be Such a Problem if More Companies Cares about the Minimum Wage and Started Paying a Living Wage
Cheryl Contee's opinion piece in MarketWatch explains how the great resignation is simply a symptom of a broken system.
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[FastCompany] C-suite psychosis: 10 ways to spot it and 5 ways to avoid it
While it’s hard to become a good leader, it’s even harder to stay a good leader. Our Chief Innovation Officer, Cheryl Contee provides her best…
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Built To Sell Podcast: Cheryl Contee On Selling Attentive.ly
Cheryl Contee co-founded Attentive.ly along with Rosalyn Lemieux. Together, the partners offered a Software as a Service (SaaS) app that helped non-for-profit organizations perform “social…
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Ascent Conference 2021: DEI – Going Beyond The Buzzword
The benefits of diversity & inclusion to SaaS companies can be seen internally with an increase in productivity. Diversity also correlates with better business results…
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Our Money Power Podcast: ROI = DEI
Last year, venture capitalists invested more than $428 million in U.S. startups every day. And how much do you think went to companies led by…
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Genius Guild: Build The Damn Thing
Diverse entrepreneurs often feel like they have to stick to the businesses they’ve started and grown. How do you pivot? Join Genius Guild’s Founder Kathryn…
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Built To Sell Podcast: Cheryl Contee on Selling Attentive.ly
Entrepreneur and The Impact Seat’s CIO, Cheryl Contee, sat down with John Warrilow to talk about her exit journey for her tech startup, Attentive.ly and…
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Power to Our Women (Impact Africa Network)
Impact Africa Network’s “Power To Our Women” podcast featured entrepreneur and The Impact Seat’s Cheryl Contee in an inspiring conversation with leading Africa-based female startup…
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